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Colin Cannonier

Colin Cannonier

Associate Professor of Economics

Jack C. Massey College of Business

Ph.D. - Louisiana State University, Economics M.Sc. - Louisiana State University, Economics M. A. - Williams College, Development Economics B.Sc. - University of the West Indies, Business, Economics and Social Statistics

Location: Barbara Massey Hall 340

615-460-6333
colin.cannonier@belmont.edu

Biography

Dr. Cannonier’s professional experience includes work as a Balance of Payments (BOP) Economist and Statistician at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank where he undertook missions to assist national BOP compilers in member countries and pursued development work in BOP. In addition, he also worked as the Country Economist for Anguilla, St Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He is currently a research fellow at the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the GLO Country Lead for St. Kitts and Nevis.

As an applied economist, his current research focuses on education, health and labor as well as how they intersect with public policy issues influencing individual well-being that extends to economic growth and development. He is co-editor of a book, Contemporary Issues within Caribbean Economies. His scholarly work has been published in notable journals such the American Economic Review, Economics of Education Review, Review of Economics of the Household and Journal of Demographic Economics. He has presented his research at numerous conferences such as the American Economic Association, the Southern Economic Association, European Economic Association, European Society for Population Economics, the National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute, the London School of Economics and the Paris School of Economics as well as at the International Labour Organization and various central banks. Dr. Cannonier’s research has also been featured in popular outlets such as the Harvard Business Review and UNESCO.

In September 2019, he delivered the feature address at the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis Annual Prime Minister’s Independence Lecture Series. He has been an economic advisor to the government of St. Kitts and Nevis and had the distinction of representing his native country as a soccer player and professional cricketer.

Selected Publications

Book

Contemporary Issues Within Caribbean Economies, co-edited with Monica Galloway Burke. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98865-4

Peer Reviewed Journals

“Anxiety, Test-Taking Aid, and Test Scores: Evidence from Economics Classes” with Monica Galloway Burke.  AEA Papers and Proceedings, May 2023, Volume 113, pp. 519-523. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20231049.

“The Impact of a Reentry and Aftercare Program on Recidivism” with Monica Galloway Burke and Ed Mitchell (GLO Discussion Paper No. 732).  Review of Black Political Economy, February 2021, Volume 48, Issue 1, pp. 93-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/0034644620973931.

“Smoking, Health and Academic Outcomes – Evidence from a Limited Smoking Campus Policy” with Monica Galloway Burke and Kathryn Steward.  Health Economics, Policy and Law, April 2019, Volume 14, Issue 2, pp. 205-230. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133118000245.

“The economic growth impact of tourism in Small Island Developing States—evidence from the Caribbean” with Monica Galloway Burke.  Tourism Economics, February 2019, Volume 25, Issue 1, pp. 85-108.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816618792792.

“Do Crib Sheets Improve Student Performance on Tests?  Evidence from Principles of Economics” with Kara Smith.  International Review of Economics Education, January 2019, Volume 30, pp. 1-13.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2018.08.003.

“The Impact of Education on Women’s Preferences for Gender Equality: Evidence from Sierra Leone” with Naci Mocan (NBER Working Paper No: 18016).  Journal of Demographic Economics, March 2018, Volume 84, Issue 1, pp. 3-40.  https://doi.org/10.1017/dem.2016.12.

“Tourism and financial development in small states - Evidence from Caribbean countries” with Monica Galloway Burke.  Tourism Economics, September 2017, Volume 23, Issue 6, pp. 1369-1377.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816617689870.

Selected Book chapters

“Recidivism” with Luke Petach and Monica Galloway Burke in Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann.  New York: Springer, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_293-1. 

“Remittances and Financial Development in Caribbean Countries” with Marcus Bansah in Contemporary Issues Within Caribbean Economies, edited by Colin Cannonier and Monica Galloway Burke. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98865-4_9.

“The Impact of education on Household Decision Making Among Women: Evidence from Sierra Leone” with Monica Galloway Burke in The Palgrave Handbook of Africa's Economic Sectors, edited by Evelyn F. Wamboye and Bichaka Fayissa.  Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75556-0_10.

“Is Higher Education Worth the Investment?  Examining the Economic and Social Returns” with Monica Galloway Burke and Aaron Hughey in Colleges at the Crossroads: Taking Sides on Contested Issues, edited by Joseph L. DeVitis and Pietro A. Sasso.  New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, 2018.

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Belmont University
  • Fellow, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
  • Editor, Journal for the Advancement of Developing Economies (JADE)
  • Faculty Affiliate, Western Kentucky University
  • Instructor, Louisiana State University
  • Economist and Statistician, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, St. Kitts

Honors and Awards